Preet Mandir adoption racket, Satish Shetty murder to be heard in special cour
Preet Mandir adoption racket, Satish Shetty murder to be heard in special court
A SPECIAL court for the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) is expected to soon begin functioning in the city to reduce the number of pending of cases filed by the agency.
The move may result in expeditious delivery of justice in several high-profile cases, including the Preet Mandir adoption racket and the murder of Right to Information (RTI) activist Satish Shetty, among others.
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Superintendent of Police Vidya Kulkarni said cases from other places will also be heard in the special court.
"The CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau in Pune has started sending chargesheets in various cases since last year. Besides these, cases from Mumbai, Nagpur centres will also be heard in the special court," said Kulkarni. "We are waiting for the process of space allocation to be completed soon. There are 59 cases which were investigated by the CBI and which are pending trial in certain special courts. In these special courts too the trials are delayed because of various other works assigned to them."
She said besides the city, Nagpur and Amravati will also get a special court each, while Mumbai will get three special courts to expedite cases investigated by the CBI branches there.
Completion of trial within two years of the filing of the chargesheet in cases investigated by the CBI is expected with this move. The courts designated special courts for the agency will conduct daily hearings in the highly sensitive cases.
It is being said that 50 such cases will be tried initially in the special court.
| Pending Cases |
| > Aug 4 -- CBI registered case against three officials of Central Institute of Road Transport and two representatives of bus-maker Ashok Leyland for alleged irregularities > May 18 -- CBI registered a case against managing trustee of city-based Preet Mandir and some state government officials for alleged involvement in an inter-country adoption racket > March 23 -- Home Minister R R Patil declared that CBI would investigate the killing of city-based RTI activist Satish Shetty in January u00a0> July 24, 2009 -- Trial against 19 accused in the stamp paper scam began seven years after the multi-crore scam was unearthed in the city u00a0> June 12, 2009 -- Anti-Corruption Bureau of the CBI registered a case against K P Rajan, general manager (M&C) of Hindustan Antibiotics Limited for allegedly cheating HAL by fraudulently procuring raw material from private supplier |
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